Holograph notes on guilders

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/168, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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3 Gild. 1698	{	A woman. {illeg}\|I\|nscription Hac nitimus hanc tuemur. Belgic Lyon
			1^oz.	6 $\frac{1}{4}$ ^gr.
\|Id 1695\|			\|1.\|	\|11.\|
Id. 1696			1.	5 $\frac{3}{4}$
\|I. 1697\|			\|1.\|	\|9 $\frac{1}{4}$ \|
Id. 1682			1^oz.	4^gr
\|Id 1691\|			\|1.\|	\|6^gr\|
Id 1686	{	A woman & Reverse Belgic Lyon & Andrew cross quartered
			{illeg}\|1\|^oz	7 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^gr
Id 1687			1	5

			Weight			d
Three Gilder Pieces	{	1682	1^oz.	4^gr	W	1 $\frac{1}{2}$
		1686	1.	7 $\frac{1}{2}$	W	1
		1687	1.	5	W	1
		1691	1.	6	W	1 $\frac{1}{2}$
		1695	1.	11	W	2
		1696	1.	5 $\frac{3}{4}$	W	1
		1697	1.	9 $\frac{1}{4}$	W	1
		1698	1.	6 $\frac{1}{4}$	W	1

A three guilder piece is by law\of Holland should be/ when new coyned 1^dwt wors & weighs 1^oz {illeg}|8|^{dw|gr|^t} but {illeg}|i|s some times 2|1| $\frac{1}{2}$ ^gr, 2^gr or 2 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^gr worse & \frequently/ weight|s| {illeg} or {illeg}|2| or 3^gr lighter or heavier bein uneavenly coyned. If 1^dwt wors & 1^oz 8^gr in weight it's {illeg} worth 5^s 2^d $\frac{3}{4}$ . This is the legal value but by wearing they become lighter. Its stampt w^th a Minerva leaning on an Altar & holding a hat on a sphere {illeg}|w|ith this motto Hac nitimur hanc tuemur, & on{illeg} the reverse the Belgic Lyon & sometimes the Lyon & cross quartered. A guilder in Holland is \therefore/ worth 1^s. 8^d $\frac{11}{12}$ .

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL - newtonproject@history.ox.ac.uk

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